Articles by Evan Easterling

Led by junior guard Melvin Frazier, who won the American Athletic Conference’s Most Improved Player award, Tulane will face Temple in the first round of the conference tournament on Thursday in Orlando, Florida.

Temple, which will face Tulane on Thursday at 7 p.m., ranks 342nd out of 351 Division I teams in free-throw attempts.

The Owls finished behind Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University on Sunday in Pittsburgh to fall to 15-8 on the season.